Olin teams up with Human Rights Campaign to host LGBT workplace inclusion conference
Olin Business School and the Human Rights Campaign — the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans — will host an LGBT Workplace Inclusion Conference from 8:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, Aug. 14. The conference will take place in Bauer Hall, Room 240.
First U.S.-India joint EMBA program announced
WUSTL and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have announced a joint Executive MBA program aimed at the international executive. The new program is the first of its kind to confer an MBA degree from both an Indian and an American university and will be modeled after WUSTL’s highly ranked Executive MBA in China and the United States.
Poor physical, financial health driven by same factors
Poor physical health and financial health are driven by the same underlying psychological factors, finds a new study from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Artful endeavors
Washington University alumni thrive in the compelling and competitive art auction business.
What a difference a year makes
One year after walking across the Commencement stage, these three alumni are charting their own path to success.
How incentive gaming may have played a role in the VA wait time controversy
A recent internal investigation of the Veterans Affairs Department has alleged that supervisors got bonuses partly by reporting low wait times for veterans waiting for care. Lamar Pierce, PhD, an expert on compensation and incentive conflict at Olin Business School, says that while employers frequently use financial incentives to motivate employees, the VA should have thought more about unintended consquences.
Get up! New research shows standing meetings improve creativity and teamwork
Chairs provide great support during long meetings, but they may also be holding us back. Standing during meetings boosts the excitement around creative group processes and reduces people’s tendencies to defend their turf, according to a new
Washington University in St. Louis study that used wearable sensors to measure participants’ activity levels.
Belgian CEO: Visit with Olin students his best business trip ever
A Belgian company was so impressed with the efforts of a group of Olin Business School students at Washington University in St. Louis, the CEO traveled 4,300 miles to campus this spring for further interaction with the students, marking the first time an international practicum partner has visited the school.
Fed interventions during financial crisis actually worked, study finds
Contrary to popular belief, the Federal Reserve’s effort to encourage banks’ lending during the recent financial crisis by providing them short-term loans worked — and, in fact, worked quite well — finds a new study by assistant professor of finance Jennifer Dlugosz and colleagues.
Pollak attends White House meeting to discuss economics of the family
In preparation for an upcoming summit on working families, Robert Pollak,
PhD, an expert on family economics, recently attended a meeting at the White House with other academic leaders and senior administration officials. They gathered to
discuss the implications of demographic and other changes for 21st-century workplaces.
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